in this article by the TimesOnline ... (via domaindevelopers.com)
it mentions that the dates for .asia are as follows ...
- October 9 ... companies with registered trademarks ... and ... governments
- November 13 ... companies that have secured their trademarks will be invited to secure additional domain names related specifically to their line of business ... and ... registered companies with an official presence in Asia will be able to secure their business or other trading names , whether or not they are trademarked
- February 2008 ... the .asia domain name will be open to the public
the various periods are described in dotasia.org site
in other news .com passed the 70,000,000 mark for the first time today , according to domaintools ... although for the past 3 months it was strangely kind of stuck to 67-68 million (the increasing rate was waaaaay lower than that of the previous periods)
and .net passed the 10,000,000 mark a few days ago ...
